Clarion 1936-09-30 Vol 16 No 01

A
NEW
YEAR
On Monday, September 14,
Bethel Institute opened her
doors to the 1936-37 Student
Body.
These gates are dear to the
hearts of all former students
and alumni and soon they will
be just as dear to the new
students.
Former Teachers Tentative Male
Rejoin Faculty Chorus Selected
THE BETHEL CLARION
Volume XVI, No. 1 BETHEL INSTITUTE, ST. PAUL, MINN. September 30, 1936
Social Activities
Begin With Party
Students Become Acquainted At All-
School Function Held In
College Chapel
All the new students at Bethel had
the opportunity to get acquainted with
their fellow schoolmates and instructors
when a reception was given in their
honor at the Junior College chapel,
Friday evening, September 18.
The principle event of the evening
consisted of a program in which both
new and former students took part. The
special numbers included: Vocal solo,
Margaret Larson; Musical reading,
"Keep on Smiling," Ethel Sjoberg, ac-companied
by Lillian Johnson; Wel-come
to the new students, Aymond An-derson;
Reaction of a new student,
Gordon Anderson; Speech, Professor A.
Olson; and a vocal solo by Herbert
Franck.
After the program, a lunch, consist-ing
of ice cream, pie and coffee was
served.
The members of the committee in
charge of the program and refresh-ments
were Hazel Rossander, Lillian
Johnson, and Rodger Goodman.
ALL STUDENT GROUP
HOLDS PRAISE SERVICE
Spontaneity and depth characterized
the singing, the testimonies and
the prayers at the All-Student
Prayer meeting. Tuesday evening,
September 15. This meeting, con-ducted
by Wilbur Sorley, President of
Bethel Student Association, began the
spiritual emphasis for the current school
year. Music was furnished by the Girl's
Trio, and a short message was given by
Prof. H. C. Wingblade.
The 6 o'clock prayer meetings held
each evening at the Seminary are well
attended. The prayer towers in both
buildings have been re-established. Un-der
this plan, students sign up for defi-nite
times of communion with God each
day at school and thus prayer is con-tinuous
throughout the day.
PIERRE TANGENT HEADS
BETHEL BOARDING CLUB
With a membership of approximately
sixty persons the Bethel Boarding Club
has resumed operations. The new cook
is Mrs. Olson of Karlstad, Minnesota.
Pierre Tangent has succeeded Anton
Pearson as steward. Donald Peterson,
Kermit Johnson, Carl Holmberg, Hazel
Rossander, and Maurice Wessman are
members of the advisory board, selected
to help the steward. Dr. Karlson is the
faculty adviser.
Pierre Tangent has announced that
the Ford truck is ready for trips out to
the rural communities and during the
next six weeks a number of such
journeys will be made. Dalbo and Spr-ingvale
will be the first places to be
visited.
1936 CLASS GIFTS APPRECIATED
The first rainy day of the school year
proved the worth of the gift of the
classes of 1936, the new sidewalk con-necting
the two buildings.
Not only is the appearance of the
campus much improved, but the satis-faction
of having a firm footing in wet
weather is also appreciated.
Prof. Emery A. Johnson returned to
the faculty of Bethel July 1, taking over
the office of Dean of the Junior College
which was made vacant by the resigna-tion
last spring of former Dean Wal-fred
Danielson.
Dean Johnson is well known to our
school as an enthusiastic and conscien-tious
worker in any field. In addition
to the Deanship, he will also resume
his duties as Instructor of the Zoology
department.
Miss Sabel is back with us again and
is teaching her regular classes.
The new debate coach will be Mr.
Rogness, who is attending Luther Sem-inary.
Mr. Rogness is highly recom-mended
by last year's coach, Mr. Oscar
Hanson, therefore, Bethel looks forward
to a very successful year in Forensics.
INITIAL COLLEGE CLUB
MEETING TO BE OCT. 7
Activities for the current year of the
Junior College Club will begin with an
introductory meeting scheduled for
Wednesday evening, October 7th. The
club meetings, held once a month in
alternation with the Alexis society, will
be devoted to introducing musical talent
in Bethel, conducting speaking con-tests,
and presenting talks by professors
and outside speakers. Paul Backlin,
chairman of the program committee
and vice-president of the organization,
is arranging a well-rounded series of
meetings to attract all the students by
an appeal to their varied interests. An
all-club party will be held in the gym-nasium
or cafeteria following each meet-ing.
President Elmer John issued an ap-peal
this week for suggestions or criti-cisms
from the students to help in ar-ranging
the completed program. "The
club is for the students," he said, "so
we want them to tell us what they would
like to have." He intimated that a recent
suggestion, that of holding an extem-poraneous
speaking contest, will prob-ably
be used soon.
Other officers of the organization in-clude
La Verne Bjorklund, secretary;
Orville Johnson, treasurer; and Grace
Forsberg, Council representative.
During the past two weeks many
anxious young men have been tuning
up their vocal cords with hopes of prov-ing
successful in trying out for the
Male Chorus.
Prof. Hultgren is very enthusiastic
about the prospects for this year's club.
The following list comprises the tempor-ary
roll of the chorus:
First tenors: Everett Backlin, Folke
Ferre, Herbert Franck, Carl Holmberg,
Raymond Martin, Isaac Rahn, Samuel
Schultz, Carl Young.
Second tenors: Aymond Anderson,
Ned Holmgren, Maurice Lawson, Paul
Racer, Henry Rahn, Donald Tanquist.
Baritones: Warren Eklund, Maxwell
Franzen, Elmer John, Francis Sorley,
John Volin, Richard Werner.
Basses: Clifford Dickau, Rodger
Goodman, Orville Johnson, Ray Olson,
Donald Peterson, Floyd Richert, Robert
Wingblade.
Officers for 1936 -37 are: President,
Aymond Anderson; Vice-President,
Everett Backlin; Secretary, Maurice
Lawson; Treasurer, Donald Peterson;
Financial Secretary, Elmer John; and
Librarian, Ned Holmgren.
FACULTY WOMEN HOSTESSES
AT TEA
Presiding at the get-acquainted tea
given by the faculty women for all
Bethel girls, was Mrs. Henry C. Wing-blade.
The program consisted of a piano
solo by Ruth Fredine, trio numbers by
Mildren Kasen, Alice Anderson, and
Pearl King, a talk in behalf of the "big
sisters" by Muriel Johnson, a solo by
Martha McMillan, a talk by Gladys
Peterson who represented the "little sis-ters,"
or new girls, and an instrumental
duet by Sophy and Olga Parfin. All
faculty women acted as hostesses.
CHOOSE GOSPEL TEAMS
The chairman of Gospel teams, Paul
Backlin, recently posted the list of teams
for this year.
The leaders of the six groups are:
Harold Wilson, Carl Young, Gordon
Anderson, Herbert Franck, Carl Lund-quist,
and Stanley Rendahl. The average
group contains fifteen members.
Each group takes turns holding serv-ices
at Missions, Old Peoples' homes,
and on the street corner.
New School Year
Brings Increase
In Enrollment
Junior College and C. W. C. Gain;
Seminary decreases
From North, South, East, and West
students have congregated at Bethel
Institute for another school year be-ginning
September 14, 1936. One hun-dred
and fifty students have enrolled
in the Seminary and College depart-ments.
In the Junior College, we note
an increase of nine students over last
year's enrollment.
Twenty students have registered for
the Christian Workers Course making
'an increase of eight over last year's en-rollment.
A decrease of eight is noted in
the Seminary. "The reason for this,"
suggested by Miss Larson, Secretary,
"is that a number of former Seminary
students were required to complete their
Junior College Course before finishing
their Seminary course."
As to State representation, we find
eighteen states, two Canadian provinces,
and the Philippine Islands represented
in the departments. States represented
are: Massachusetts, Michigan, Wiscon-sin,
Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Connecti-cut,
Nebraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Cali-fornia,
Kansas, New York, Oregon,
Washington, and Montana. Two stud-ents
have come from the Alberta and
Saskatchewan Provinces of Canada.
Mrs. Erie F. Rounds, missionary on
furlough from the Philippine Islands
is studying in the Seminary.
MUSIC AND INAUGURAL
ADDRESS FEATURE ALEXIS
On Wednesday evening, September
23, the Alexis Society met for their first
meeting of the year. Leonard Turnquist,
the new president, had charge of the
meeting.
Because of the failure of two officers
who had been elected for this semester
to return, Ned Holmgren was chosen
as pianist and Ralph Johnson as treas-urer.
One of the important features of the
evening was the inaugural address by
Leonard Turnquist. Samuel Schultz,
Elsa Rex, Margaret Lunstrom and
Norma Newstrom, furnished musical
selections.
After the program, everyone was in-vited
to the dining hall to spend the
remainder of the evening eating lunch
and playing games.
PROFESSOR HULTGREN
GAINS NEW LAUREL
Our beloved director of music, Pro-fessor
George G. Hultgren, recently
added another laurel to his crown of
musical successes when the Minneapolis
A Capella Choir took first place in the
mixed chorus division of the Chicago-land
Music Festival.
This event, held annually at Soldiers
Field, Chicago, by the Chicago Tribune,
brings many well-known choral groups
into close competition. The winning of
the honor is just another evidence of
the ability and accomplishment of Prof.
Hultgren.
Page Two THE BETHEL CLARION September 30, 1936
The Bethel Clarion
BETHEL INSTITUTE
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the students every third week except during
June, July and August.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Richard Werner Editor-in-Chief
Carl Young Associate Editor
Harold Wilson Managing Editor
John Bergeson
Alrick Blomquist
Phyllis Bohne
Clayton Bolinder
Everett Johnson
Hilding Lind
Carl Lundquist
BUSINESS STAFF
S. Bruce Fleming Business Manager
Helen Larson Circulation Manager
Ruth Lawson Assistant
Joel Strandberg Advertising Manager
Ralph Holman Assistant
ADVISERS
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Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1935 at the post-office
at St. Paul, Minnesota under the act of March 3, 1879.
SIXTY - FIVE YEARS
Sixty-five years ago this October Dr. Alexis Edgren
laid the foundation for Bethel when he organized his
class of one pupil in Chicago. Since then Bethel has
enjoyed singular growth under the sanction and blessing
of God. She has weathered the storms of financial panics,
has faced many trials and come out victorious with Christ
at the helm. Through all these years she has stood for
the Truth and remained faithful to the high calling of
God. Therefore, it is no wonder that her life has been
one of useful service in the vineyard of the Master. The
roll of missionaries, preachers, teachers, and Christian
laymen that have left the halls of our school is evidence of
the zeal with which they have prepared to go forth in the
name of the Lord to preach the Gospel to all creatures.
Now as we are just beginning another year of prepara-tion
for service, let us endeavor to study and conduct our-selves
in such a way as to be worthy of the approval of
God and to have nothing of which to be ashamed. Let us
take every opportunity that comes our way and make it
count for Christ.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Knock! Knock!"
"Who's there?"
"Opportunity."
"You can't fool me. Opportunity knocks but once."
No doubt everyone has heard or read this simple
"knock-knock." many a time, for this new "American
pastime" has swept the country like a forest fire in a
drought-stricken land.
"There is another "knock" which is just as prevalent
but more permanent. It is not just an "American" pas-time,
but is a curse which is known throughout the world.
This is the evil of discussing absent members of a group
in a way which is properly termed "knocking."
Every time someone's name is brought up for discus-sion,
you have an opportunity to either honor or defame
him. In this case opportunity may knock more than once,
but if the tendency to lampoon remains, the conscience
will soon become calloused and eventually you will have
formed the habit of knocking and will soon be known as
a "knocker," lessened in the estimation of your acquaint-ances.
Would it not be better to declare the good that is in
a man and keep the "knocks" subdued? In so doing both
you and he would benefit and your own friends would
esteem you higher than ever.
COMING EVENTS
Wednesday, Oct. 7—
College Club meets.
Wednesday, Oct. 28—
Prayer and Mission Day.
MARK TYME
Is The Male Chorus The Answer To
Our Musical Problem?
The test of the effectiveness of our
musical department is the result attain-ed.
In the first place the result obtained
in the individual student should be con-sidered.
Does his work in the musical
department substantially increase his
skill, does it give him adequate musical
expression, does it deepen his apprecia-tion
of the better things of human life?
The other question has to do with the
denomination that supports the school.
Does this musical department raise the
standard generally for music among our
churches, does it provide leadership that
is really significant, or is there a general
lag among the churches because of an
inadequate scource of inspiration, the
lack of a center of musical culture?
The male chorus has been the center
of our musical life at school for a long
period of time. In its behalf have the
most efforts been expended, member-ship
in it has brought rich glory in
prestige, and it has been chosen as the
medium for publicity by the school. The
mixed chorus has never received as
much attention and the results have
not won the warm praise that was prof-fered
the male group. Instrumentation
has likewise been given minor attention
and results have been as disappoint-ing.
Over a period of years it seems to
be fair to say that with the male chorus
the success or failure of our musical
department can be measured. What are
the results?
It is true that the member of the male
chorus is happy in membership and re-calls
long afterward the pleasure of
the trips. But we do not find that from
our midst have gone forth an impres-sive
group of musical organizers or
artists that look back here as to the
place where they got a start. Nor do
many students seem to have desired and
acquired a speaking acquaintance with
the best of sacred and profane music.
And on the part of the alumnus who
had previous musical training and who
continued the training here and upon
leaving this place went elsewhere to
train we do not find expression of the
gratitude that would be a genuine trib-ute.
The other part of the question has
to do with the churches who are the
ones who profit from what is taught
here. This is the only school for our
churches. It certainly can be expected
that we provide leadership and a tradi-tion
of better music. That leadership
has not appeared and the entire denom-ination
suffers. Nor can we expect an
emphasis on male chorus music to de-velop
that training necessary for the
leader. Male chorus music is special-ized
with a limited repertoire of its own.
Neither the music nor the result are
similar to that of the mixed choir. So
we suffer and must look elsewhere for
leadership and that leadership is not
satisfactory.
More thought should be taken for
our musical department. More music
should be purchased, a tradition of real-ly
good music should be established,
and the coming years should find a loyal
group of grateful alumni laboring to
better the musical department, even as
they are grateful for real training here
received.—A. H. L.
Religious Activities Council
Organizes Christian Work
The Council of Religious Activities began organizing
the practical Christian work of the Bethel Student Body
for the year, by conducting the Junior College Chapel
service Thursday morning, Sept. 24.
Paul Backlin, appointed Gospel Team chairman last
week, gave exhortation to faithful service during the year.
Kermit Johnson, president of the Council, admonished
everyone to do his part, while Carl Holmberg stressed
the importance of financial support. Questionaires were
given to the student body for the purpose of aiding the
Council and the Gospel Team chairman in the selection
of the teams. Muriel Johnson was elected secretary of the
Council in place of Helen Ward who did not return to
school this year.
FIRST SEMINARY CHAPEL SERVICE
The first devotional service of the school year was held
in the Seminary Chapel on Tuesday morning, September
15, with Dean K. Karlson of the Seminary presiding.
Dr. Karlson brought a serious message to the audience
from Luke 9. Brief greetings were also brought to the
students by the Rev. Walfred Holmberg, the Rev. Reuben
E. Nelson, Dr. 0. L. Swanson, the Rev. Marvin Samuel-son,
and others friends of Bethel.
HEARD IN CHAPEL
"The Christan life can be expressed in three words:
Come, yield, and abide." —Dr. Gordh.
"You are here for the purpose of knowing Christ and
then you can help others." —Dr. 0. L. Swanson.
-:- Quiet Meditation -:-
Take My Yoke Upon You
Donald G. Peterson
"Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy
laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon
you and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls." Matt.
1 1 :28-30.
Here are two invitations, one to come, the other
to take. Come is ever the identifying word of Jesus.
John used it constantly of Jesus; so that Christ be-came
"the Comer," and because He came, He now
invites all men to become a "corner." To come is
salvation, but "to follow," or "come after" means
discipleship, "learn of me" means training, but
"yoke up with me" means closest fellowship.
The yoke is a symbol of surrender. Each wears
a yoke of his own, even a yoke unto death, but
Jesus emphasizes MY YOKE. Though surrender
is hateful on the surface, it is a principle law of
life that we practice constantly every day. It is not
harsh subjection; Jesus says "take," this is free
will surrender that He wants. He is a voluntary
Saviour and wants only voluntary followers.
The purpose of the yoke is to facilitate service.
There are two bows and two loops in the yoke, one
for me and one for Him. He is beside me to over-come
temptation, every problem, every difficulty.
He knows every opportunity and is right there
swinging in step beside me—Yoked for Service. The
yoke is an aid to training for service too. When cattle
were yoked together for work, usually a young
restive beast was put with an older steady-going
animal. The old worker sets the pace, and pulls
evenly, steadily ahead, and by and by the young
undisciplined beast comes to learn the pace. Jesus
says, "Yoke up with me to pull together, you and
I." God's work in God's time, in God's way, by
God's obedient servant will not go unhonored.
Shall we, this new school year, each resolve to
labor with Christ, yoked with Him, content to be
by His side, and to be hearing His quiet voice, and
always to keep His pace, step by step with Him,
without regard to seeing the results? If we are
willing to do this all will be well, and by and by the
best results and largest will be found to have come
to us.
CONTRIBUTORS
Florence Lindstrom
Norma Newstrom
Olga Shenning
Winston Sherwick
Maurice Wessman
Muriel Johnson
Raymond Martin
Carolyn Nelson
Sophy Parfin
Edith Person
Stanley Rendahl
Hazel Rossander
Samuel Schultz
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page Three
Girls Dormitory
Accomodates 12
A new girls dormitory opened this
Fall with accomodations for twelve. A
young couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Lee, both students in the Junior College,
have charge of the group.
Located at 1395 W. Como-Phalen
Avenue, the home is just about midway
between the school and Como Park.
This should satisfy all the girls who live
there for they will find it convenient to
reach either place.
Those girls who have attended Bethel
before this year should feel perfectly
at home in their new location since it
used to be the residence of former-dean
Walfred Danielson who was always
ready to open his home to any group of
the school.
ANNUAL HOMECOMING
TO BE HELD NOV. 7
Plans for a "bigger and better" home-coming
are being laid by the committee
on arrangements for this annual event
of Bethel's campus which will take place
this year on November 7. Complete de-tails
will be published in the next edition
of the Clarion.
The committee is composed of Prof.
C. E. Carlson, chairman, Profs. A. J.
Wingblade, and Adolf Olson, and Miss
Alice Johnson. Deans Emery Johnson
and K. J. Karlson and Rev. Reuben E.
Nelson are members ex officio.
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SPORT
SPOTS
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The first of the major activities on
Bethel's program this year will be the
tennis tournaments. This year we have
two tournaments, one for the men and
one for the women. In years gone by
there has only been one tournament
scheduled, but we are glad to note the
fact that the women have shown enough
enthusiasm in this sport to have a con-test
of their own. This week is the first
week of actual competition in this field.
There are many promising candidates
in quest of the laurels of tennis suprem-acy,
so we expect to see some pretty
close competition. May the best man
and woman win.
Another sport event that is also be-ing
played this week, and which will
continue for the next month, if weather
permits, is touch-football. When this
article was written there were about
thirty candidates signed up for this
branch of the "he-man" game of foot-ball.
It is hoped that about three or four
teams can be recruited from these ranks.
A very successful sport event last
year was the game of volley-ball. In
fact, it was so successful that this year
there will be six teams instead of four
vying for honors. This game will be get-ting
under way in the near future.
After the volley-ball season is over
Coach Johnson expects to have a couple
of weeks of intra-mural basket-ball. This
will give him a good chance to find
out what material he has to work with
in forming his regular team.
Come on students! Let's get out and
back our teams and make this one the
best and most successful years in sports
that good old Bethel has ever had.
—Alrick Blomquist.
Ardis Lindeborg, who is attending the
University Farm school, likes Bethel so
well that she has decided to eat her
meals at the Boarding Club. Esther
Pearson has been seen around the halls
of her alma mater also.
Overheard at the dinner table:
Duff Wessman: "Do you hunt deer?"
Hope Widen: "Well, yes, I do hunt
some, dear. -
Isn't it peaceful around the Dorm
now that the fellows are in bed by 1 1 :00
P. M.
Bethel day will be observed at Central
Church on Sunday, Oct. 11. Plan to
attend any or all of the services that
day.
The average of class grades will no
doubt be raised now that so many of
the students are starting to wear glasses.
Or maybe they are just putting on their
storm windows early.
Reuben, "Happy," Larson is working
in a store out in Richvale, California.
Yes, Happy is a married man now.
ANNOUNCE TENTATIVE
CLARION APPOINTMENTS
Pending approval of the Student
Council, the following were chosen by
the Editorial Staff to serve on the Clar-ion
staff for 1936-37: Managing Editor,
Harold Wilson; Circulation Manager,
Helen Larson; Assistant, Ruth Lawson;
Advertising Manager, Joel Strandberg;
Assistant, Ralph Holman. The offices of
Editor-in-chief, Associate Editor, and
Business Manager are filled by an all-school
election held in the Spring.
Miss Effie Nelson and Dean Emery
A. Johnson were appointed by the
Faculty as advisers.
DR. 0. L. SWANSON SPEAKS ON
PRAYER AND MISSION DAY
Prayer and Mission day, October 28,
promises to be a day of rich blessing
for all who will attend. This is always
the day which Bethel looks forward to
for inspiration. However, this year we
anticipate a deeper fellowship with
God and His work for the grand old
veteran, Dr. 0. L. Swanson, for over
forty years missionary to Assam, will
be the principal speaker.
Dr. Gordh, in charge of arrangements
for this event, is securing several other
returned missionaries for this day.
EVANGELISM
CONFERENCE
An Evangelism Conference is being
held this week in the College chapel in
conjunction with a session of the Com-mittee
on Evangelism of the General
Conference. The speakers are the mem-bers
of the committee, the Revs. Eric
Lindholm, Oscar B. Anderson, and John
Ward.
Heard in Chapel
"I have found that when we come
to the end of ourselves we come to
God." —Rev. Oscar B. Anderson
"There is a secret longing for God in
the natural man."
"Where there is doubleness of life
there is paralysis."—Rev. Eric Lindholm
Could it be possible that anyone in
this country could not have heard of the
death of one of our state's great lead-ers?
It seems that this was the case, for
one of our brilliant observers reports
that a freshman (or freshwoman) was
overheard in conversation as follows:
"Isn't it a shame to put the flag up when
they haven't enough rope to pull it all
the way to the top?"
Last weekend Maury Lawson (who
by the way, has been doing a lot of
-tribulating- this past summer) return-ed
from his church in Isle accompanied
by "Alfalfa." In case you are not ac-quainted
with this character, we hasten
to explain that "Alfalfa" is the litte
goldfish which Maury purchased last
Spring. He seems to have had unusual
success in bringing up this pet.
Helen Ward, better known as Al-genie,
has been cheering up the halls
and walks of Bethel this past week. She
came up with her father who is here
for the meetings of the Committee on
Evangelism.
Brave Males Survive
Chorus Trials
"Next!" said a gruff voice, and
another quaking Caruso took a deep
breath and entered the college chapel
to prove to Professor Hultgren that the
male chorus would be incomplete with-out
his voice.
A trembling group of embryonic vir-tuosos
huddled expectantly in the col-lege
reception room. Suddenly the door
of the chapel opened and a long ques-tion
mark (Aymond Anderson) punctu-ated
the air with the interrogation,
"Who's next?"
Hesitantly an aspiring soloist rose to
his once steady legs, drew a deep breath,
took a farewell blessing from his sym-pathetic
companions, and faltered into
the chapel where sat enthroned at the
piano, Jovian Prof. Hultgren surround-ed
by his Olympian coterie.
What took place there we leave in
blessed oblivion, for no devoted mother
would allow her darling offspring to
continue a minute longer within the
halls of Bethel if the truth concerning
that terrible ordeal should be revealed.
A few of these brave souls survived
the ordeal and obtained the much covet-ed
honor of having their names posted
on the bulletin board as members of
the male chorus.
Evangelistic
Committee Holds
Conference Here
An Evangelism Conference is being
held this week in the College chapel in
conjunction with , a session of the com-mittee
on evangelism of the general
conference. The speakers are the mem-bers
of the committee, the Revs. Eric
Lindholm, Oscar B. Anderson, and John
Ward.
Beginning the series was a message
"Conversion in the Light of the Bible
and the Light of Experience," brought
by Rev. Eric Lindholm to a combined
chapel Tuesday morning Sept. 29. Rev.
Lindholm illustrated graphically the in-ter-
relation of natural and spiritual man
with the three spheres: God-sin-man.
Tuesday evening Rev. 0. B. Ander-son
spoke on "The Holy Spirit and
Evangelism." At chapel Wednesday
morning He spoke to the students on
"Victorious life in the Light of the
Bible and Experience." "Where is
victory?" he said, "not self, not in the
natural life but through the indwelling
presence of the Holy Spirit."
Tuesday evening Rev. John Ward
addressed the audience on "The Church
and Evangelism." "What is the Church
of Christ? asked Rev. Ward. "It is a
called out, born again, chosen, and elect
group." "Evangelism is the passion that
possesses men to win souls for Jesus
Christ—it is something more than most
of the superficial activity we know of
today. Evangelism is the purpose of the
Church; the true Church of Jesus Christ
is the fruit and product of Jesus Christ;
Evangelism is the very life of the Church
and will solve all problems and settle
all difficulties." These were points tak-en
up in his message.
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Jewelers
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Complete Line of Bakery and
Delicatessen for All Occasions
1193 Payne Ave. TOwer 2910
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Redecorated Walls
Greet Students
Newly painted floors and walls greet-ed
students in both College and Semin-ary
when the doors opened for registra-tion
Monday, September 14. In addition
to the redecorating, several rearrange-ments
had been made, especially in the
college building.
Most needed of the changes in the
College is the converting of the third
floor store room into a lecture room.
Other changes were the removal of the
old panels of photographs hanging on
the walls of the main floor corridors;
the placing of the desk and reference
shelves in a centralized location near
the center of the library; and the chang-ing
of the location of the Dean's of-fice.
Much work has been done in the Sem-inary
building. Nearly all of the floors
of the dormitory rooms and of the main
floor rooms have been sanded and var-nished.
To conserve room, several
double-deck beds have been installed.
A marked improvement in the hall-ways
of both buildings has been brought
about by the removal of the mailboxes
from their customary places along the
wall, into the reception rooms.It not
only relieves congestion but also re-moves
that disgusting eyesore caused by
the ever-present litter of books and
papers which one was accustomed to
see there.
Fair Grounds '66' Service
Como and Snelling Ave.
Car Heaters Installed
Specialized Greasing
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Men's Shop
504 N. Snelling, near University Ave.
1O % off to Students
Snappy Neckwear
Suits Made to Measure
Midway 6491 St. Paul, Minn
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Hamline Hardware Co.
F. 0. Hagen J. W. Hagen
GENERAL HARDWARE
755 North Snelling Avenue, St. Paul
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1110 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul
Phone—NEstor 9118
Shell Products
Page Four THE BETHEL CLARION September 30, 1936
TWO-PENNY LINES---by CY.
Look to your cups, you loyal sons
and daughters of Sweden. How can you
sit back complacently while the tradi-tions
of your Viking forefathers are
being ruthlessly tossed aside? We have
reached a crisis—either we organize
and insist upon our indisputable right
to a second cup of coffee at our after-noon
coffee session, or earn the con-tempt
of posterity.
Rally round your columnist, tell him
in as many words as you desire just what
that second cup means to you, and un-der
the concerted impetus of our in-dignation
we shall cause the very
foundations of such base economy to
crumble.
A few have already voiced their senti-ments,
more and stronger protests are
desired. There are a few of those that
have spoken. Kermit Johnson of Luding-ton,
Michigan, says with a flash of teeth,
"Without that second cup of coffee 1
find it impossible to get those molten
golden notes of liquid melody from the
soul of my trumpet."
Harold Kasell from Upsala, Sweden,
is momentarily stunned on the refusal
of his request for a second cup, then
falteringly he exclaims in Swedish, "Ay
tank, Ay go back to Sverige 1"
And so they come from the four
corners of the world, angry, pleading,
vehement, tearful words of protestation.
Won't you join our ranks and make
Bethel safe for the Swedes?
A BED TIME STORY IN DOGGEREL
At half-past ten by the old "dorm"
clock,
"Mamma" went down and snapped the
lock,
And calling his children together he
said,
"Put away your shot-puts and get ready
for bed;
For Daddy has ordered, "Lights out at
eleven,
If you want to be strong and get up at
seven;
But first let me read you this bed time
tale,
"Daddy's" "Bill of Wrongs" you must
know without fail."
The kiddies gathered round so eager and
bright,
For they knew that "Daddy" could do
naught but delight.
But when "Mamma" had finished, a
deep, dismal gloom,
Somberly covered the once happy room
Gift copies were given to each child to
see,
It seemed so peculiar for these sheets
were free.
Then grief turned to anger, and loop-holes
were sought,
While critical comments on policies
were brought.
But the clock struck eleven, and all
sleepy heads.
Were trundled off to their double-deck
beds.
—From Grim Fairy Tales.
MIXED CHORUS BEGINS
PRACTICE ON "MESSIAH"
Bethel College Girls' Choir met
Thursday, September 17, in the College
chapel to begin a new semester of sing-ing.
Twenty-five new girls tried out
and fifteen of the girls who sang last
year returned. The group decided to
give up their hour to combine with the
male chorus in forming a mixed chorus.
This mixed chorus met September 24
and began practising Handel's "Mes-siah."
They plan to give three rendi-tions
of that oratorio this year.
Officers of the Girls' Choir for the
coming year: Ethel Sjoberg, President;
Muriel Johnson, Vice-president; Mildred
Kasen, Secretary-Treasurer; and Jes-sie
Thomson, Librarian.
1936
Bror Lundgren, after taking up the
work in Detroit, Michigan, also took
unto himself a help-mate, Eleanor
Abrahamson of Cadillac.
Margaret Nelson, a B.M.T. graduate,
was married during the July heat to
Raymond Martin of Oakland, California.
The wedding bug bit furiously dur-ing
the summer with the captain of the
last year's basketball team as another
of his victims. Vern Wessman said "yes"
to the Preacher with Ruth Samuelson
at his side. They are working together
in East Rock Creek, Minnesota.
G. David Guston, the Ex-editor of the
Clarion, will be bound to Helen Lun-deen
in Roseau, Minnesota on the ninth
of October.
Allen Fredine, after the completion
of his seminary course, took over the
work in the Tabernacle Baptist Church
of Minneapolis.
The good bachelor of last year's class,
Aleck Olson, is covering the field at
Clear Brook, Minnesota in his "Milk-toast
Ford."
Hazel and Pearl Fossum are both
working in Kenilworth, Illinois.
Some of the students are still engross-ed
in their studies; they include: Virgil
Olson and Esther Pearson at Macalester
College, Marjorie Carlson and Robert
Rosacker at the University of Minnesota,
Robert Nelson and Walter Dahlby at
the Agricultural College.
Many of the grads loved old Bethel
so well they returned to seek knowledge
in another department. They include:
Aymond Anderson, Clifford Dickau,
Wilbur Sorley, Floyd Richert, Harold
Wilson, Pierre Tangent, Maurice Wess-man,
Carl Young, Richard Werner, in
the Seminary. Norma Newstrom is pa-trolling
the campus this year as a Jun-ior
College student after being grad-uated
from the B.M.T. in June.
We are glad to see Estella Bergstrom,
Carl Holmberg, and Evangeline Wing-blade
of the last Academy class in the
Junior College.
Ruth Peterson is attending the Boston
Business College.
1935
Bernice Carlson is one of the leaders
of a rescue mission in Sioux Falls, S.D.
It is the first attempt at Mission work
in that city.
1934
After spending the summer in the
land of his forefathers, Franklin Nelson
returned to his pastoral duties at the
Minnehaha Baptist Church of Minne-apolis.
Victor Sherling is taking a vacation
from his employment with Minneapolis
contractors to be married on October 2
to Grace Weyrauch of Jamestown, N.D.
Winifred Garrard was one of the
many visitors on Bethel's campus the
first weeks of school.
Earl Widen is to take up the work of
his second permanent pastorate, this
time with the Baptist church in St.
Cloud, Minn.
1933
Lowell Anderson is forsaking the
dry South Dakota prairies for the more
prosperous regions of the West Coast.
He is to take up his work in Seattle
about the 15th of October.
Walter Watkin is to be ordained in-to
the Gospel Ministry in Dalesburg,
S.D. where he is pastor.
1932
Another Bethelite has been sent out
to foreign service this summer. She is
May Halstenrud who went to be head of
the Kodiak Baptist Orphanage of
Alaska.
1928
In a literal "Bethel" wedding, Paul
Wohlford, '28, was married to Alice
Mae Larson, '27. The best man was
Charles Wohlford, '24; bridesmaid,
Nellie Wohlsford, '27; officiating min-ister,
Rev. Eric Anderson, '12; organ-ist,
Ruth Johnson, '24; soloist, Nels
Stjernstrom, '26; toastmaster, Gordon
Johnson, '28; ushers, Kenneth Larson,
'31, and George Bauer, '34. Those serv-ing
at the reception were alumni.
1927
Rev. Sidney B. Nelson, former pastor
of the Elim church of Chicago, is now
one of the editors of the Baptist Evangel.
Violet Swan is working at the Tele-phone
company in Evanston, Ill.
1926
Elna Forsell, one of Bethel's repre-sentatives
to Assam, writes in her let-ter
to the Clarion: "May Bethel never
leave her fervency in the spirit for
Christ's sake, word, and work," and
admonishes us to never leave our Faith.
1925
The Watertown, S. D. Baptist church
of which William C. Erickson is the
pastor, is entertaining the South Dakota
American Baptist Convention.
1910
Pastor F. C. Hamlin of the Engle-wood
Swedish Baptist Church of Chica-go
is now Pastor of the Ogden Avenue
Baptist Church of Superior, Wisconsin.
1892
Dr. 0. L. Swanson, for forty-three
years missionary to the lost in Assam,
India, brought greetings from the other
Bethel missionaries on the Assam field
to the Bethel Student body at the chapel
service of Sept. 21. He is now a "re-tired
missionary," but is as busy as ever
in his retirement. While in Minnesota
he spoke 24 times in 22 days.
If you appreciate the efforts of the
Alumni Editor and desire to see this
column grow, please inform him as to
what you are doing and have done,
where you are, and where you have
been.
We'll be waiting for many letters and
postcards from all over the world.
AMONG THE GRADS
By Stanley Rendahl

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A
NEW
YEAR
On Monday, September 14,
Bethel Institute opened her
doors to the 1936-37 Student
Body.
These gates are dear to the
hearts of all former students
and alumni and soon they will
be just as dear to the new
students.
Former Teachers Tentative Male
Rejoin Faculty Chorus Selected
THE BETHEL CLARION
Volume XVI, No. 1 BETHEL INSTITUTE, ST. PAUL, MINN. September 30, 1936
Social Activities
Begin With Party
Students Become Acquainted At All-
School Function Held In
College Chapel
All the new students at Bethel had
the opportunity to get acquainted with
their fellow schoolmates and instructors
when a reception was given in their
honor at the Junior College chapel,
Friday evening, September 18.
The principle event of the evening
consisted of a program in which both
new and former students took part. The
special numbers included: Vocal solo,
Margaret Larson; Musical reading,
"Keep on Smiling," Ethel Sjoberg, ac-companied
by Lillian Johnson; Wel-come
to the new students, Aymond An-derson;
Reaction of a new student,
Gordon Anderson; Speech, Professor A.
Olson; and a vocal solo by Herbert
Franck.
After the program, a lunch, consist-ing
of ice cream, pie and coffee was
served.
The members of the committee in
charge of the program and refresh-ments
were Hazel Rossander, Lillian
Johnson, and Rodger Goodman.
ALL STUDENT GROUP
HOLDS PRAISE SERVICE
Spontaneity and depth characterized
the singing, the testimonies and
the prayers at the All-Student
Prayer meeting. Tuesday evening,
September 15. This meeting, con-ducted
by Wilbur Sorley, President of
Bethel Student Association, began the
spiritual emphasis for the current school
year. Music was furnished by the Girl's
Trio, and a short message was given by
Prof. H. C. Wingblade.
The 6 o'clock prayer meetings held
each evening at the Seminary are well
attended. The prayer towers in both
buildings have been re-established. Un-der
this plan, students sign up for defi-nite
times of communion with God each
day at school and thus prayer is con-tinuous
throughout the day.
PIERRE TANGENT HEADS
BETHEL BOARDING CLUB
With a membership of approximately
sixty persons the Bethel Boarding Club
has resumed operations. The new cook
is Mrs. Olson of Karlstad, Minnesota.
Pierre Tangent has succeeded Anton
Pearson as steward. Donald Peterson,
Kermit Johnson, Carl Holmberg, Hazel
Rossander, and Maurice Wessman are
members of the advisory board, selected
to help the steward. Dr. Karlson is the
faculty adviser.
Pierre Tangent has announced that
the Ford truck is ready for trips out to
the rural communities and during the
next six weeks a number of such
journeys will be made. Dalbo and Spr-ingvale
will be the first places to be
visited.
1936 CLASS GIFTS APPRECIATED
The first rainy day of the school year
proved the worth of the gift of the
classes of 1936, the new sidewalk con-necting
the two buildings.
Not only is the appearance of the
campus much improved, but the satis-faction
of having a firm footing in wet
weather is also appreciated.
Prof. Emery A. Johnson returned to
the faculty of Bethel July 1, taking over
the office of Dean of the Junior College
which was made vacant by the resigna-tion
last spring of former Dean Wal-fred
Danielson.
Dean Johnson is well known to our
school as an enthusiastic and conscien-tious
worker in any field. In addition
to the Deanship, he will also resume
his duties as Instructor of the Zoology
department.
Miss Sabel is back with us again and
is teaching her regular classes.
The new debate coach will be Mr.
Rogness, who is attending Luther Sem-inary.
Mr. Rogness is highly recom-mended
by last year's coach, Mr. Oscar
Hanson, therefore, Bethel looks forward
to a very successful year in Forensics.
INITIAL COLLEGE CLUB
MEETING TO BE OCT. 7
Activities for the current year of the
Junior College Club will begin with an
introductory meeting scheduled for
Wednesday evening, October 7th. The
club meetings, held once a month in
alternation with the Alexis society, will
be devoted to introducing musical talent
in Bethel, conducting speaking con-tests,
and presenting talks by professors
and outside speakers. Paul Backlin,
chairman of the program committee
and vice-president of the organization,
is arranging a well-rounded series of
meetings to attract all the students by
an appeal to their varied interests. An
all-club party will be held in the gym-nasium
or cafeteria following each meet-ing.
President Elmer John issued an ap-peal
this week for suggestions or criti-cisms
from the students to help in ar-ranging
the completed program. "The
club is for the students," he said, "so
we want them to tell us what they would
like to have." He intimated that a recent
suggestion, that of holding an extem-poraneous
speaking contest, will prob-ably
be used soon.
Other officers of the organization in-clude
La Verne Bjorklund, secretary;
Orville Johnson, treasurer; and Grace
Forsberg, Council representative.
During the past two weeks many
anxious young men have been tuning
up their vocal cords with hopes of prov-ing
successful in trying out for the
Male Chorus.
Prof. Hultgren is very enthusiastic
about the prospects for this year's club.
The following list comprises the tempor-ary
roll of the chorus:
First tenors: Everett Backlin, Folke
Ferre, Herbert Franck, Carl Holmberg,
Raymond Martin, Isaac Rahn, Samuel
Schultz, Carl Young.
Second tenors: Aymond Anderson,
Ned Holmgren, Maurice Lawson, Paul
Racer, Henry Rahn, Donald Tanquist.
Baritones: Warren Eklund, Maxwell
Franzen, Elmer John, Francis Sorley,
John Volin, Richard Werner.
Basses: Clifford Dickau, Rodger
Goodman, Orville Johnson, Ray Olson,
Donald Peterson, Floyd Richert, Robert
Wingblade.
Officers for 1936 -37 are: President,
Aymond Anderson; Vice-President,
Everett Backlin; Secretary, Maurice
Lawson; Treasurer, Donald Peterson;
Financial Secretary, Elmer John; and
Librarian, Ned Holmgren.
FACULTY WOMEN HOSTESSES
AT TEA
Presiding at the get-acquainted tea
given by the faculty women for all
Bethel girls, was Mrs. Henry C. Wing-blade.
The program consisted of a piano
solo by Ruth Fredine, trio numbers by
Mildren Kasen, Alice Anderson, and
Pearl King, a talk in behalf of the "big
sisters" by Muriel Johnson, a solo by
Martha McMillan, a talk by Gladys
Peterson who represented the "little sis-ters,"
or new girls, and an instrumental
duet by Sophy and Olga Parfin. All
faculty women acted as hostesses.
CHOOSE GOSPEL TEAMS
The chairman of Gospel teams, Paul
Backlin, recently posted the list of teams
for this year.
The leaders of the six groups are:
Harold Wilson, Carl Young, Gordon
Anderson, Herbert Franck, Carl Lund-quist,
and Stanley Rendahl. The average
group contains fifteen members.
Each group takes turns holding serv-ices
at Missions, Old Peoples' homes,
and on the street corner.
New School Year
Brings Increase
In Enrollment
Junior College and C. W. C. Gain;
Seminary decreases
From North, South, East, and West
students have congregated at Bethel
Institute for another school year be-ginning
September 14, 1936. One hun-dred
and fifty students have enrolled
in the Seminary and College depart-ments.
In the Junior College, we note
an increase of nine students over last
year's enrollment.
Twenty students have registered for
the Christian Workers Course making
'an increase of eight over last year's en-rollment.
A decrease of eight is noted in
the Seminary. "The reason for this,"
suggested by Miss Larson, Secretary,
"is that a number of former Seminary
students were required to complete their
Junior College Course before finishing
their Seminary course."
As to State representation, we find
eighteen states, two Canadian provinces,
and the Philippine Islands represented
in the departments. States represented
are: Massachusetts, Michigan, Wiscon-sin,
Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Connecti-cut,
Nebraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Cali-fornia,
Kansas, New York, Oregon,
Washington, and Montana. Two stud-ents
have come from the Alberta and
Saskatchewan Provinces of Canada.
Mrs. Erie F. Rounds, missionary on
furlough from the Philippine Islands
is studying in the Seminary.
MUSIC AND INAUGURAL
ADDRESS FEATURE ALEXIS
On Wednesday evening, September
23, the Alexis Society met for their first
meeting of the year. Leonard Turnquist,
the new president, had charge of the
meeting.
Because of the failure of two officers
who had been elected for this semester
to return, Ned Holmgren was chosen
as pianist and Ralph Johnson as treas-urer.
One of the important features of the
evening was the inaugural address by
Leonard Turnquist. Samuel Schultz,
Elsa Rex, Margaret Lunstrom and
Norma Newstrom, furnished musical
selections.
After the program, everyone was in-vited
to the dining hall to spend the
remainder of the evening eating lunch
and playing games.
PROFESSOR HULTGREN
GAINS NEW LAUREL
Our beloved director of music, Pro-fessor
George G. Hultgren, recently
added another laurel to his crown of
musical successes when the Minneapolis
A Capella Choir took first place in the
mixed chorus division of the Chicago-land
Music Festival.
This event, held annually at Soldiers
Field, Chicago, by the Chicago Tribune,
brings many well-known choral groups
into close competition. The winning of
the honor is just another evidence of
the ability and accomplishment of Prof.
Hultgren.
Page Two THE BETHEL CLARION September 30, 1936
The Bethel Clarion
BETHEL INSTITUTE
1480 North Snelling Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota
Official School Paper of Bethel Institute. Published by
the students every third week except during
June, July and August.
One Dollar a Year
EDITORIAL STAFF
Richard Werner Editor-in-Chief
Carl Young Associate Editor
Harold Wilson Managing Editor
John Bergeson
Alrick Blomquist
Phyllis Bohne
Clayton Bolinder
Everett Johnson
Hilding Lind
Carl Lundquist
BUSINESS STAFF
S. Bruce Fleming Business Manager
Helen Larson Circulation Manager
Ruth Lawson Assistant
Joel Strandberg Advertising Manager
Ralph Holman Assistant
ADVISERS
Miss Effie Nelson Editorial
Dean Emery A. Johnson Business
Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1935 at the post-office
at St. Paul, Minnesota under the act of March 3, 1879.
SIXTY - FIVE YEARS
Sixty-five years ago this October Dr. Alexis Edgren
laid the foundation for Bethel when he organized his
class of one pupil in Chicago. Since then Bethel has
enjoyed singular growth under the sanction and blessing
of God. She has weathered the storms of financial panics,
has faced many trials and come out victorious with Christ
at the helm. Through all these years she has stood for
the Truth and remained faithful to the high calling of
God. Therefore, it is no wonder that her life has been
one of useful service in the vineyard of the Master. The
roll of missionaries, preachers, teachers, and Christian
laymen that have left the halls of our school is evidence of
the zeal with which they have prepared to go forth in the
name of the Lord to preach the Gospel to all creatures.
Now as we are just beginning another year of prepara-tion
for service, let us endeavor to study and conduct our-selves
in such a way as to be worthy of the approval of
God and to have nothing of which to be ashamed. Let us
take every opportunity that comes our way and make it
count for Christ.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Knock! Knock!"
"Who's there?"
"Opportunity."
"You can't fool me. Opportunity knocks but once."
No doubt everyone has heard or read this simple
"knock-knock." many a time, for this new "American
pastime" has swept the country like a forest fire in a
drought-stricken land.
"There is another "knock" which is just as prevalent
but more permanent. It is not just an "American" pas-time,
but is a curse which is known throughout the world.
This is the evil of discussing absent members of a group
in a way which is properly termed "knocking."
Every time someone's name is brought up for discus-sion,
you have an opportunity to either honor or defame
him. In this case opportunity may knock more than once,
but if the tendency to lampoon remains, the conscience
will soon become calloused and eventually you will have
formed the habit of knocking and will soon be known as
a "knocker," lessened in the estimation of your acquaint-ances.
Would it not be better to declare the good that is in
a man and keep the "knocks" subdued? In so doing both
you and he would benefit and your own friends would
esteem you higher than ever.
COMING EVENTS
Wednesday, Oct. 7—
College Club meets.
Wednesday, Oct. 28—
Prayer and Mission Day.
MARK TYME
Is The Male Chorus The Answer To
Our Musical Problem?
The test of the effectiveness of our
musical department is the result attain-ed.
In the first place the result obtained
in the individual student should be con-sidered.
Does his work in the musical
department substantially increase his
skill, does it give him adequate musical
expression, does it deepen his apprecia-tion
of the better things of human life?
The other question has to do with the
denomination that supports the school.
Does this musical department raise the
standard generally for music among our
churches, does it provide leadership that
is really significant, or is there a general
lag among the churches because of an
inadequate scource of inspiration, the
lack of a center of musical culture?
The male chorus has been the center
of our musical life at school for a long
period of time. In its behalf have the
most efforts been expended, member-ship
in it has brought rich glory in
prestige, and it has been chosen as the
medium for publicity by the school. The
mixed chorus has never received as
much attention and the results have
not won the warm praise that was prof-fered
the male group. Instrumentation
has likewise been given minor attention
and results have been as disappoint-ing.
Over a period of years it seems to
be fair to say that with the male chorus
the success or failure of our musical
department can be measured. What are
the results?
It is true that the member of the male
chorus is happy in membership and re-calls
long afterward the pleasure of
the trips. But we do not find that from
our midst have gone forth an impres-sive
group of musical organizers or
artists that look back here as to the
place where they got a start. Nor do
many students seem to have desired and
acquired a speaking acquaintance with
the best of sacred and profane music.
And on the part of the alumnus who
had previous musical training and who
continued the training here and upon
leaving this place went elsewhere to
train we do not find expression of the
gratitude that would be a genuine trib-ute.
The other part of the question has
to do with the churches who are the
ones who profit from what is taught
here. This is the only school for our
churches. It certainly can be expected
that we provide leadership and a tradi-tion
of better music. That leadership
has not appeared and the entire denom-ination
suffers. Nor can we expect an
emphasis on male chorus music to de-velop
that training necessary for the
leader. Male chorus music is special-ized
with a limited repertoire of its own.
Neither the music nor the result are
similar to that of the mixed choir. So
we suffer and must look elsewhere for
leadership and that leadership is not
satisfactory.
More thought should be taken for
our musical department. More music
should be purchased, a tradition of real-ly
good music should be established,
and the coming years should find a loyal
group of grateful alumni laboring to
better the musical department, even as
they are grateful for real training here
received.—A. H. L.
Religious Activities Council
Organizes Christian Work
The Council of Religious Activities began organizing
the practical Christian work of the Bethel Student Body
for the year, by conducting the Junior College Chapel
service Thursday morning, Sept. 24.
Paul Backlin, appointed Gospel Team chairman last
week, gave exhortation to faithful service during the year.
Kermit Johnson, president of the Council, admonished
everyone to do his part, while Carl Holmberg stressed
the importance of financial support. Questionaires were
given to the student body for the purpose of aiding the
Council and the Gospel Team chairman in the selection
of the teams. Muriel Johnson was elected secretary of the
Council in place of Helen Ward who did not return to
school this year.
FIRST SEMINARY CHAPEL SERVICE
The first devotional service of the school year was held
in the Seminary Chapel on Tuesday morning, September
15, with Dean K. Karlson of the Seminary presiding.
Dr. Karlson brought a serious message to the audience
from Luke 9. Brief greetings were also brought to the
students by the Rev. Walfred Holmberg, the Rev. Reuben
E. Nelson, Dr. 0. L. Swanson, the Rev. Marvin Samuel-son,
and others friends of Bethel.
HEARD IN CHAPEL
"The Christan life can be expressed in three words:
Come, yield, and abide." —Dr. Gordh.
"You are here for the purpose of knowing Christ and
then you can help others." —Dr. 0. L. Swanson.
-:- Quiet Meditation -:-
Take My Yoke Upon You
Donald G. Peterson
"Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy
laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon
you and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls." Matt.
1 1 :28-30.
Here are two invitations, one to come, the other
to take. Come is ever the identifying word of Jesus.
John used it constantly of Jesus; so that Christ be-came
"the Comer," and because He came, He now
invites all men to become a "corner." To come is
salvation, but "to follow," or "come after" means
discipleship, "learn of me" means training, but
"yoke up with me" means closest fellowship.
The yoke is a symbol of surrender. Each wears
a yoke of his own, even a yoke unto death, but
Jesus emphasizes MY YOKE. Though surrender
is hateful on the surface, it is a principle law of
life that we practice constantly every day. It is not
harsh subjection; Jesus says "take," this is free
will surrender that He wants. He is a voluntary
Saviour and wants only voluntary followers.
The purpose of the yoke is to facilitate service.
There are two bows and two loops in the yoke, one
for me and one for Him. He is beside me to over-come
temptation, every problem, every difficulty.
He knows every opportunity and is right there
swinging in step beside me—Yoked for Service. The
yoke is an aid to training for service too. When cattle
were yoked together for work, usually a young
restive beast was put with an older steady-going
animal. The old worker sets the pace, and pulls
evenly, steadily ahead, and by and by the young
undisciplined beast comes to learn the pace. Jesus
says, "Yoke up with me to pull together, you and
I." God's work in God's time, in God's way, by
God's obedient servant will not go unhonored.
Shall we, this new school year, each resolve to
labor with Christ, yoked with Him, content to be
by His side, and to be hearing His quiet voice, and
always to keep His pace, step by step with Him,
without regard to seeing the results? If we are
willing to do this all will be well, and by and by the
best results and largest will be found to have come
to us.
CONTRIBUTORS
Florence Lindstrom
Norma Newstrom
Olga Shenning
Winston Sherwick
Maurice Wessman
Muriel Johnson
Raymond Martin
Carolyn Nelson
Sophy Parfin
Edith Person
Stanley Rendahl
Hazel Rossander
Samuel Schultz
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September 30, 1936
THE BETHEL CLARION Page Three
Girls Dormitory
Accomodates 12
A new girls dormitory opened this
Fall with accomodations for twelve. A
young couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Lee, both students in the Junior College,
have charge of the group.
Located at 1395 W. Como-Phalen
Avenue, the home is just about midway
between the school and Como Park.
This should satisfy all the girls who live
there for they will find it convenient to
reach either place.
Those girls who have attended Bethel
before this year should feel perfectly
at home in their new location since it
used to be the residence of former-dean
Walfred Danielson who was always
ready to open his home to any group of
the school.
ANNUAL HOMECOMING
TO BE HELD NOV. 7
Plans for a "bigger and better" home-coming
are being laid by the committee
on arrangements for this annual event
of Bethel's campus which will take place
this year on November 7. Complete de-tails
will be published in the next edition
of the Clarion.
The committee is composed of Prof.
C. E. Carlson, chairman, Profs. A. J.
Wingblade, and Adolf Olson, and Miss
Alice Johnson. Deans Emery Johnson
and K. J. Karlson and Rev. Reuben E.
Nelson are members ex officio.
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SPORT
SPOTS
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The first of the major activities on
Bethel's program this year will be the
tennis tournaments. This year we have
two tournaments, one for the men and
one for the women. In years gone by
there has only been one tournament
scheduled, but we are glad to note the
fact that the women have shown enough
enthusiasm in this sport to have a con-test
of their own. This week is the first
week of actual competition in this field.
There are many promising candidates
in quest of the laurels of tennis suprem-acy,
so we expect to see some pretty
close competition. May the best man
and woman win.
Another sport event that is also be-ing
played this week, and which will
continue for the next month, if weather
permits, is touch-football. When this
article was written there were about
thirty candidates signed up for this
branch of the "he-man" game of foot-ball.
It is hoped that about three or four
teams can be recruited from these ranks.
A very successful sport event last
year was the game of volley-ball. In
fact, it was so successful that this year
there will be six teams instead of four
vying for honors. This game will be get-ting
under way in the near future.
After the volley-ball season is over
Coach Johnson expects to have a couple
of weeks of intra-mural basket-ball. This
will give him a good chance to find
out what material he has to work with
in forming his regular team.
Come on students! Let's get out and
back our teams and make this one the
best and most successful years in sports
that good old Bethel has ever had.
—Alrick Blomquist.
Ardis Lindeborg, who is attending the
University Farm school, likes Bethel so
well that she has decided to eat her
meals at the Boarding Club. Esther
Pearson has been seen around the halls
of her alma mater also.
Overheard at the dinner table:
Duff Wessman: "Do you hunt deer?"
Hope Widen: "Well, yes, I do hunt
some, dear. -
Isn't it peaceful around the Dorm
now that the fellows are in bed by 1 1 :00
P. M.
Bethel day will be observed at Central
Church on Sunday, Oct. 11. Plan to
attend any or all of the services that
day.
The average of class grades will no
doubt be raised now that so many of
the students are starting to wear glasses.
Or maybe they are just putting on their
storm windows early.
Reuben, "Happy," Larson is working
in a store out in Richvale, California.
Yes, Happy is a married man now.
ANNOUNCE TENTATIVE
CLARION APPOINTMENTS
Pending approval of the Student
Council, the following were chosen by
the Editorial Staff to serve on the Clar-ion
staff for 1936-37: Managing Editor,
Harold Wilson; Circulation Manager,
Helen Larson; Assistant, Ruth Lawson;
Advertising Manager, Joel Strandberg;
Assistant, Ralph Holman. The offices of
Editor-in-chief, Associate Editor, and
Business Manager are filled by an all-school
election held in the Spring.
Miss Effie Nelson and Dean Emery
A. Johnson were appointed by the
Faculty as advisers.
DR. 0. L. SWANSON SPEAKS ON
PRAYER AND MISSION DAY
Prayer and Mission day, October 28,
promises to be a day of rich blessing
for all who will attend. This is always
the day which Bethel looks forward to
for inspiration. However, this year we
anticipate a deeper fellowship with
God and His work for the grand old
veteran, Dr. 0. L. Swanson, for over
forty years missionary to Assam, will
be the principal speaker.
Dr. Gordh, in charge of arrangements
for this event, is securing several other
returned missionaries for this day.
EVANGELISM
CONFERENCE
An Evangelism Conference is being
held this week in the College chapel in
conjunction with a session of the Com-mittee
on Evangelism of the General
Conference. The speakers are the mem-bers
of the committee, the Revs. Eric
Lindholm, Oscar B. Anderson, and John
Ward.
Heard in Chapel
"I have found that when we come
to the end of ourselves we come to
God." —Rev. Oscar B. Anderson
"There is a secret longing for God in
the natural man."
"Where there is doubleness of life
there is paralysis."—Rev. Eric Lindholm
Could it be possible that anyone in
this country could not have heard of the
death of one of our state's great lead-ers?
It seems that this was the case, for
one of our brilliant observers reports
that a freshman (or freshwoman) was
overheard in conversation as follows:
"Isn't it a shame to put the flag up when
they haven't enough rope to pull it all
the way to the top?"
Last weekend Maury Lawson (who
by the way, has been doing a lot of
-tribulating- this past summer) return-ed
from his church in Isle accompanied
by "Alfalfa." In case you are not ac-quainted
with this character, we hasten
to explain that "Alfalfa" is the litte
goldfish which Maury purchased last
Spring. He seems to have had unusual
success in bringing up this pet.
Helen Ward, better known as Al-genie,
has been cheering up the halls
and walks of Bethel this past week. She
came up with her father who is here
for the meetings of the Committee on
Evangelism.
Brave Males Survive
Chorus Trials
"Next!" said a gruff voice, and
another quaking Caruso took a deep
breath and entered the college chapel
to prove to Professor Hultgren that the
male chorus would be incomplete with-out
his voice.
A trembling group of embryonic vir-tuosos
huddled expectantly in the col-lege
reception room. Suddenly the door
of the chapel opened and a long ques-tion
mark (Aymond Anderson) punctu-ated
the air with the interrogation,
"Who's next?"
Hesitantly an aspiring soloist rose to
his once steady legs, drew a deep breath,
took a farewell blessing from his sym-pathetic
companions, and faltered into
the chapel where sat enthroned at the
piano, Jovian Prof. Hultgren surround-ed
by his Olympian coterie.
What took place there we leave in
blessed oblivion, for no devoted mother
would allow her darling offspring to
continue a minute longer within the
halls of Bethel if the truth concerning
that terrible ordeal should be revealed.
A few of these brave souls survived
the ordeal and obtained the much covet-ed
honor of having their names posted
on the bulletin board as members of
the male chorus.
Evangelistic
Committee Holds
Conference Here
An Evangelism Conference is being
held this week in the College chapel in
conjunction with , a session of the com-mittee
on evangelism of the general
conference. The speakers are the mem-bers
of the committee, the Revs. Eric
Lindholm, Oscar B. Anderson, and John
Ward.
Beginning the series was a message
"Conversion in the Light of the Bible
and the Light of Experience," brought
by Rev. Eric Lindholm to a combined
chapel Tuesday morning Sept. 29. Rev.
Lindholm illustrated graphically the in-ter-
relation of natural and spiritual man
with the three spheres: God-sin-man.
Tuesday evening Rev. 0. B. Ander-son
spoke on "The Holy Spirit and
Evangelism." At chapel Wednesday
morning He spoke to the students on
"Victorious life in the Light of the
Bible and Experience." "Where is
victory?" he said, "not self, not in the
natural life but through the indwelling
presence of the Holy Spirit."
Tuesday evening Rev. John Ward
addressed the audience on "The Church
and Evangelism." "What is the Church
of Christ? asked Rev. Ward. "It is a
called out, born again, chosen, and elect
group." "Evangelism is the passion that
possesses men to win souls for Jesus
Christ—it is something more than most
of the superficial activity we know of
today. Evangelism is the purpose of the
Church; the true Church of Jesus Christ
is the fruit and product of Jesus Christ;
Evangelism is the very life of the Church
and will solve all problems and settle
all difficulties." These were points tak-en
up in his message.
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Greet Students
Newly painted floors and walls greet-ed
students in both College and Semin-ary
when the doors opened for registra-tion
Monday, September 14. In addition
to the redecorating, several rearrange-ments
had been made, especially in the
college building.
Most needed of the changes in the
College is the converting of the third
floor store room into a lecture room.
Other changes were the removal of the
old panels of photographs hanging on
the walls of the main floor corridors;
the placing of the desk and reference
shelves in a centralized location near
the center of the library; and the chang-ing
of the location of the Dean's of-fice.
Much work has been done in the Sem-inary
building. Nearly all of the floors
of the dormitory rooms and of the main
floor rooms have been sanded and var-nished.
To conserve room, several
double-deck beds have been installed.
A marked improvement in the hall-ways
of both buildings has been brought
about by the removal of the mailboxes
from their customary places along the
wall, into the reception rooms.It not
only relieves congestion but also re-moves
that disgusting eyesore caused by
the ever-present litter of books and
papers which one was accustomed to
see there.
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Page Four THE BETHEL CLARION September 30, 1936
TWO-PENNY LINES---by CY.
Look to your cups, you loyal sons
and daughters of Sweden. How can you
sit back complacently while the tradi-tions
of your Viking forefathers are
being ruthlessly tossed aside? We have
reached a crisis—either we organize
and insist upon our indisputable right
to a second cup of coffee at our after-noon
coffee session, or earn the con-tempt
of posterity.
Rally round your columnist, tell him
in as many words as you desire just what
that second cup means to you, and un-der
the concerted impetus of our in-dignation
we shall cause the very
foundations of such base economy to
crumble.
A few have already voiced their senti-ments,
more and stronger protests are
desired. There are a few of those that
have spoken. Kermit Johnson of Luding-ton,
Michigan, says with a flash of teeth,
"Without that second cup of coffee 1
find it impossible to get those molten
golden notes of liquid melody from the
soul of my trumpet."
Harold Kasell from Upsala, Sweden,
is momentarily stunned on the refusal
of his request for a second cup, then
falteringly he exclaims in Swedish, "Ay
tank, Ay go back to Sverige 1"
And so they come from the four
corners of the world, angry, pleading,
vehement, tearful words of protestation.
Won't you join our ranks and make
Bethel safe for the Swedes?
A BED TIME STORY IN DOGGEREL
At half-past ten by the old "dorm"
clock,
"Mamma" went down and snapped the
lock,
And calling his children together he
said,
"Put away your shot-puts and get ready
for bed;
For Daddy has ordered, "Lights out at
eleven,
If you want to be strong and get up at
seven;
But first let me read you this bed time
tale,
"Daddy's" "Bill of Wrongs" you must
know without fail."
The kiddies gathered round so eager and
bright,
For they knew that "Daddy" could do
naught but delight.
But when "Mamma" had finished, a
deep, dismal gloom,
Somberly covered the once happy room
Gift copies were given to each child to
see,
It seemed so peculiar for these sheets
were free.
Then grief turned to anger, and loop-holes
were sought,
While critical comments on policies
were brought.
But the clock struck eleven, and all
sleepy heads.
Were trundled off to their double-deck
beds.
—From Grim Fairy Tales.
MIXED CHORUS BEGINS
PRACTICE ON "MESSIAH"
Bethel College Girls' Choir met
Thursday, September 17, in the College
chapel to begin a new semester of sing-ing.
Twenty-five new girls tried out
and fifteen of the girls who sang last
year returned. The group decided to
give up their hour to combine with the
male chorus in forming a mixed chorus.
This mixed chorus met September 24
and began practising Handel's "Mes-siah."
They plan to give three rendi-tions
of that oratorio this year.
Officers of the Girls' Choir for the
coming year: Ethel Sjoberg, President;
Muriel Johnson, Vice-president; Mildred
Kasen, Secretary-Treasurer; and Jes-sie
Thomson, Librarian.
1936
Bror Lundgren, after taking up the
work in Detroit, Michigan, also took
unto himself a help-mate, Eleanor
Abrahamson of Cadillac.
Margaret Nelson, a B.M.T. graduate,
was married during the July heat to
Raymond Martin of Oakland, California.
The wedding bug bit furiously dur-ing
the summer with the captain of the
last year's basketball team as another
of his victims. Vern Wessman said "yes"
to the Preacher with Ruth Samuelson
at his side. They are working together
in East Rock Creek, Minnesota.
G. David Guston, the Ex-editor of the
Clarion, will be bound to Helen Lun-deen
in Roseau, Minnesota on the ninth
of October.
Allen Fredine, after the completion
of his seminary course, took over the
work in the Tabernacle Baptist Church
of Minneapolis.
The good bachelor of last year's class,
Aleck Olson, is covering the field at
Clear Brook, Minnesota in his "Milk-toast
Ford."
Hazel and Pearl Fossum are both
working in Kenilworth, Illinois.
Some of the students are still engross-ed
in their studies; they include: Virgil
Olson and Esther Pearson at Macalester
College, Marjorie Carlson and Robert
Rosacker at the University of Minnesota,
Robert Nelson and Walter Dahlby at
the Agricultural College.
Many of the grads loved old Bethel
so well they returned to seek knowledge
in another department. They include:
Aymond Anderson, Clifford Dickau,
Wilbur Sorley, Floyd Richert, Harold
Wilson, Pierre Tangent, Maurice Wess-man,
Carl Young, Richard Werner, in
the Seminary. Norma Newstrom is pa-trolling
the campus this year as a Jun-ior
College student after being grad-uated
from the B.M.T. in June.
We are glad to see Estella Bergstrom,
Carl Holmberg, and Evangeline Wing-blade
of the last Academy class in the
Junior College.
Ruth Peterson is attending the Boston
Business College.
1935
Bernice Carlson is one of the leaders
of a rescue mission in Sioux Falls, S.D.
It is the first attempt at Mission work
in that city.
1934
After spending the summer in the
land of his forefathers, Franklin Nelson
returned to his pastoral duties at the
Minnehaha Baptist Church of Minne-apolis.
Victor Sherling is taking a vacation
from his employment with Minneapolis
contractors to be married on October 2
to Grace Weyrauch of Jamestown, N.D.
Winifred Garrard was one of the
many visitors on Bethel's campus the
first weeks of school.
Earl Widen is to take up the work of
his second permanent pastorate, this
time with the Baptist church in St.
Cloud, Minn.
1933
Lowell Anderson is forsaking the
dry South Dakota prairies for the more
prosperous regions of the West Coast.
He is to take up his work in Seattle
about the 15th of October.
Walter Watkin is to be ordained in-to
the Gospel Ministry in Dalesburg,
S.D. where he is pastor.
1932
Another Bethelite has been sent out
to foreign service this summer. She is
May Halstenrud who went to be head of
the Kodiak Baptist Orphanage of
Alaska.
1928
In a literal "Bethel" wedding, Paul
Wohlford, '28, was married to Alice
Mae Larson, '27. The best man was
Charles Wohlford, '24; bridesmaid,
Nellie Wohlsford, '27; officiating min-ister,
Rev. Eric Anderson, '12; organ-ist,
Ruth Johnson, '24; soloist, Nels
Stjernstrom, '26; toastmaster, Gordon
Johnson, '28; ushers, Kenneth Larson,
'31, and George Bauer, '34. Those serv-ing
at the reception were alumni.
1927
Rev. Sidney B. Nelson, former pastor
of the Elim church of Chicago, is now
one of the editors of the Baptist Evangel.
Violet Swan is working at the Tele-phone
company in Evanston, Ill.
1926
Elna Forsell, one of Bethel's repre-sentatives
to Assam, writes in her let-ter
to the Clarion: "May Bethel never
leave her fervency in the spirit for
Christ's sake, word, and work," and
admonishes us to never leave our Faith.
1925
The Watertown, S. D. Baptist church
of which William C. Erickson is the
pastor, is entertaining the South Dakota
American Baptist Convention.
1910
Pastor F. C. Hamlin of the Engle-wood
Swedish Baptist Church of Chica-go
is now Pastor of the Ogden Avenue
Baptist Church of Superior, Wisconsin.
1892
Dr. 0. L. Swanson, for forty-three
years missionary to the lost in Assam,
India, brought greetings from the other
Bethel missionaries on the Assam field
to the Bethel Student body at the chapel
service of Sept. 21. He is now a "re-tired
missionary," but is as busy as ever
in his retirement. While in Minnesota
he spoke 24 times in 22 days.
If you appreciate the efforts of the
Alumni Editor and desire to see this
column grow, please inform him as to
what you are doing and have done,
where you are, and where you have
been.
We'll be waiting for many letters and
postcards from all over the world.
AMONG THE GRADS
By Stanley Rendahl